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Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of…
Instructions to the living, from the condition of the dead. A brief relation of remarkables in the shipwreck of above one hundred pirates, who were cast away in the ship Whido, on the coast of New-England, April 26. 1717. And in the death of six, who after a fair trial at Boston, were convicted & condemned, Octob. 22. And executed, Novemb. 15. 1717. : With some account of the discourse had with them on the way to their execution. And a sermon preached on their occasion.
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1717
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I. It is no rare thing, I am sorry […] say so!—that Riches are got, or sought, but not so Honestly as they ought to be. 'Tis often so, that Men would get Riches, but not by Right.
I. It is no rare thing, I am sorry 〈…〉 say so!—that Riches are got, or sought, but not so Honestly as they ought to be. 'Tis often so, that Men would get Riches, but not by Right.
But who are these Workers of Iniquity? The Hue-in-cry after the Men who are to be Indicted for the Crimes of Trespassing upon the Rules of Honesty in the pursuit of Riches; 'tis to be taken out of the Eighth Commandment. The Trespasses of Men on what is implied in the Eighth Commandment, and all Essays unjustly to seize, or keep, what belongs unto another; These are the Points wherein Men go to get Riches and not by Right.
But who are these Workers of Iniquity? The Hue-in-cry after the Men who are to be Indicted for the Crimes of Trespassing upon the Rules of Honesty in the pursuit of Riches; 'tis to be taken out of the Eighth Commandment. The Trespasses of Men on what is implied in the Eighth Commandment, and all Essays unjustly to sieze, or keep, what belongs unto another; These are the Points wherein Men go to get Riches and not by Right.
But I shall single out some, that are more Notorious Transgressors in the Ways of Dishonesty; and assure them, that they belong to the Tribe of Evil-doers.